- The commission of any specific act or acts of immoral, improper, disorderly or intemperate personal conduct which reflects discredit upon the employee themselves, their fellow employees, or upon the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On July 29, 2022, a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO ) was issued against Det. Michael Proto. Detective Proto violated that order by contacting the victim and was subsequently charged with contempt of the judge's order. Subsequently, the criminal charge for violating the order was dismissed however, an administrative charge for violating the OCPO policy for was sustained.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1845. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩